On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:01:01 -0500, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 1/29/2012 12:57 PM, HoneyMonster wrote:
>> I am new to Python (Python 2.7 on Linux). Research indicates that:
>>
>> a) "Compiling" Python modules into intermediate bytecode marginally
>> improves load time.
>
> The improvement is larger
This short article provides some basic information
about .pyc and .pyo files
http://www.network-theory.co.uk/docs/pytut/CompiledPythonfiles.html
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On 1/29/2012 12:57 PM, HoneyMonster wrote:
I am new to Python (Python 2.7 on Linux). Research indicates that:
a) "Compiling" Python modules into intermediate bytecode marginally
improves load time.
The improvement is larger the larger the file. You may notice that .pyc
files are only created
I am new to Python (Python 2.7 on Linux). Research indicates that:
a) "Compiling" Python modules into intermediate bytecode marginally
improves load time.
b) The Python interpreter will use an already-prepared .pyc file if one
exists in the same directory as the .py.
That then, is presumably w